July 7 events, Acoustic Americana Music Calendar 2008

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"Tied to the Tracks"
ACOUSTIC AMERICANA
MUSIC CALENDAR & NEWS
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Events for July 7, 2008
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copyright (c) © 2008, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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WHY WE’RE ON BLOGSPOT.COM: after a long presence on MySpace, that site suddenly changed parameters to accept only short posts, now requiring a ponderous and VERY time-consuming process to list events in small increments. It’s far too time-consuming. So we began posting the calendar and news on Blogspot. We’ll see how this works, and we welcome your feedback, at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com .
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FUTURE EVENTS are posted into 2009. We update often, and we add a BUNCH of concerts, festivals, club gigs, workshops, and recurring events as dates arrive.
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LATEST NEWS FEATURES always post separately. The most recent edition posted July 4; the most recent previous News Features posted June 28; recent editions are available at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com; archived editions are available on the myspace page (www.myspace.com/laacoustic), by using the “View All” button, and if you don’t see what you want, then journey farther back by using the “older entries” button as many times as necessary. You can go all the way back to when acoustic music was made by indigenous natives pounding on hollow logs with rocks.
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MONDAY, JULY 7
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Today’s anniversaries:
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KIT CARSON BEGINS WAR ON NAVAJO on this date in 1863. Christopher “Kit” Carson, famous mountain man, fur trapper, guide, and western scout, had been given the rank of lieutenant colonel. He had guided Fremont’s California expeditions that helped settle Americans in then-Spanish California in the 1840s. He had been responsible for humane treatment of other Native American Indians by the US government, including the Kiowa and Mescalero. He took part in both of the Civil War battles fought in New Mexico. But when the Navajo refused to leave their homelands in the Four Corners area (where AZ, NM, UT, and CO meet), Carson waged a brutal war against them, burning their crops, destroying their villages, and killing their livestock, to force their removal. Those Navajo, approximately 8,000 people, would be herded south, 300 miles from their ancestral homeland, to spend the duration of the Civil War on the Bosque Redondo in southern New Mexico.
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JIM THORPE WON OLYMPIC PENTATHLON GOLD on this day in 1912. He was a Native American Indian born Wa-Ho-Thuck (Bright Path) on the Sac-and-Fox Reservation in Oklahoma. He had attended Carlisle Indian School, where he developed his athletic prowess, after being discovered and coached there by the legendary Pop Warner. He was named an All-American there in 1911 and 1912. He would also win the Gold in the Olympic Decathlon. As The Games concluded, he was introduced to Gustav V, king of host-nation Sweden. Gustav told him, “You are the greatest athlete in the world,” to which Thorpe replied, “Thanks, king.”
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Thorpe returned to a New York ticker-tape parade. But then his Olympic medals were revoked, because he had been paid a small amount as a minor league baseball player before competing in The Games, breaking the rule that permitted only amateur athletes to compete in the Olympics. In 1950, the Associated Press named Thorpe the Greatest Athlete of the Half-Century. His two Gold medals were reinstated in 1982, 30 years after his death. Until his death from a heart attack in 1953, he made part of his living by kicking field goals from the 50 yard line during half-time at NFL games.
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HOOVER DAM CONSTRUCTION began on this day in 1930 in the vertically-wallled Boulder Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border of Nevada and Arizona in a remote, previously uninhabited area. The project was then called BOULDER DAM. Bureau of Reclamation chief Arthur Powell Davis had first proposed the dam in a 1902 report. It required dedicated effort of HERBERT HOOVER throughout the 1920s as Secretary of Commerce, then as president, to get the project approved by Congress in 1928. Construction of the dam as one of the world’s largest structures became a showpiece public works project during the Depression, employing 21,000 men over a five-year period, and providing an example for similar New Deal projects during FDR’s ceaseless campaign to overcome the Depression. The dam would become Hoover Dam when Republicans gained power and renamed it for its champion – something that would not have been popular during the Depression that began under President Hoover.
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SAMANTHA SMITH, an American fifth-grader, began her weeklong visit in 1983 to the Soviet Union, after accepting the personal invitation of Soviet Premiere YURI ANDROPOV. The two had become pen pals after she wrote a letter to him asking if he planned to start a nuclear war. It was a wholly improbable détente, and a landmark in people-centered foreign policy resulted. When Andropov dropped-off (uh, died) after a short time in office, the good will seemed lost. But Mikhail Gorbachev followed as the Soviet leader, and so did the end of the Cold War.
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“LIVE EARTH: THE CONCERTS FOR A CLIMATE IN CRISIS” took place around the world on this day in 2007, using the easy-to-remember “07-07-07” as a promotional tool. Artists, music fans, and in all, over 2 billion people participated in a day of global concerts for climate awareness on 7 continents, including Antarctica, with concerts in venues large and small and over 6,000 parties in support, mostly in homes, from Alabama to Zimbabwe. Global concerts in the US, the UK, Brazil, China, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Germany used massive sports stadiums. 24 hours of music included performances by more than 150 of the world's most popular musicians. Live Earth hoped to engage, connect, and inspire individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve the climate crisis, with proceeds from the concerts used to “form the foundation for a new, multi-year international initiative to combat the climate crisis” led by the Alliance for Climate Protection and its Chair, former Vice President and Oscar winner AL GORE.
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TODAY’S EVENTS:
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MONDAY, JULY 7
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Mon, Jul 7:
10 am L.A. PIERCE SYMPHONIC WINDS plays the “Monday Morning Concerts for Children” free series at the Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park 91303; 818-347-9419. Requires reserv at 818-347-9938. Since their founding in 1983, the L.A. SYMPHONIC WINDS have become a leading force in Southern California’s cultural community. Audiences throughout the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe have delighted in the L.A. Winds’ eclectic programs. The Valley Cultural Center's children’s series places professional musicians in an intimate, educational setting with five hundred K-5th grade children each week throughout the summer. Exposure to music at an early age has been proven to increase academic achievement in math and language and increased comprehension and communication skills. The joy of music and song in our daily lives strikes a personal chord and is invaluable in bridging the gap between peoples of varying cultures and ethnic backgrounds. This interactive program includes a brief history lesson of each musical style, a dynamic performance with selected children invited to the stage, and an opportunity for children to ask questions of the performers. Monday Morning Concerts for Children serves 6,500 young students each season.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
2-4 pm “HEAR, HERE” at the Lost Souls Café, 124 E 4th St (down the gated alley), downtown L.A.; 213-617-7006; www.lostsouls.com. A weekly live benefit event of “whatever” kind of music, by and for www.killradio.org, which has daily internet radio and live webcasts on Fridays, Noon-2 pm. The “Kill Radio” webcast is a submission show; send them your CDs or mp3s for “guaranteed” airplay. All the info for that is at www.myspace.com/hear_here.
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Mon; every week:
6-10 pm MARC BOSSERMAN plays his residency at Parkway Grill in Pasadena. He delivers fine piano and vocals. Info, www.marcbosserman.com.
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Mon, Jul 7; 1st (and 3rd) Mon, every month:
7-10 pm KAEDMON plays their twice-a-month jam and public rehearsal at Arnie's Café, 6864 Foothill Bl (at Marcus), Tujunga 91042; 818-951-9089; http://arniescafe.com; www.myspace.com/arniescafe. DALE LaDUKE (Kaedmon, BeaTunes) tells us, it’s “a new little coffee house that is becoming quite a scene. KAEDMON hosts a night there every 1st & 3rd Monday of the month. JEANNIE WILLETS is hosting a night there once a month (I think) and this bass player-songwriter MARK GOLDBERG hosts a fantastic Americana Songwriter Showcase every Thursday night, many times with name songwriters. I try to go as often as possible, because it's always good.” KAEDMON and JEANNIE WILLETS have both performed live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks.” No cover, donations to artists are welcome.
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Mon, Jul 7; repeats every first Mon:
7:30-9 pm LAMN JAM at The Scene, 806 E Colorado St (x-st Everett), Glendale 91205; 818-241-7029. L.A. Music Network Jam is billed as a place where “artists, musicians, singers and songwriters play for the pros.” Only LAMN Members perform by registering at 818-769-6095 or tara@lamn.com. Info: www.lamn.com. Performers receive constructive criticism in the areas of music, lyrics and performance. No cover.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
“PRO BLUES JAM” at Cozy's Bar & Grill, 14058 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks; 818-986-6000 www.cozysblues.com.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
“ALL STAR PRO JAM” (blues, R&B, jazz, soul, etc.) every Monday at Harvelle's, 1432 Fourth St, Santa Monica; 310-395-1676.
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Mon, Jul 7:
CANCELLED; due to illness; they return here AUGUST 4… 8 pm RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE with EVAN MARSHALL opening on magic mandolin, then joining the band on fiddle, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info, www.coffeegallery.com; reserv, 626-398-7917. The band is one of, if not "the" most historical Western bands in the world. The Riders Of The Purple Sage have starred in films and radio from pre-WW II days to the present. Today's Riders, under the leadership of CODY BRYANT, deliver a show rich with old and new music. Band members play five-string banjo, hot lead guitar, fiddle, standup and electric bass, drums, and are consummate vocalists. While keeping alive the tradition of the original Riders' sound, and the era of hits from FOY WILLING, they continue to write and perform new material that builds upon a signature style. Adding a strong swing influence (ala Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys), their performances appeal to listeners and dancers of all ages. Today’s Riders bring thot swing riffs and smooth harmonies that, at the end of the show, leave the audience demanding more. Their sound and show makes you feel that all is well in the West. In October, 2006, music journalist Larry Wines called them “ethereal” and “orchestral,” adding, “They exceeded musicianship. They exceeded their genre.” Forget what you think you like and don’t like.
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This is currently L.A.’s most successful monthly residency, often selling-out a month in advance, so make reserv right away; if need be, ck for waiting list & cancellations. $20.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
8-11 pm blues legend BERNIE PEARL hosts the weekly BLUES JAM at M'Dear's, 78th & Western, L.A. Bernie says, “If you haven't been in, you owe it to yourself to join us either to play or just to listen, and be sure to bring an appetite for home-made soul food and home-baked cobbler, cake and pie. We have a ball, every Monday, 8-11.” Bernie was great performing live on radio’s “Tied to the Tracks” in March, ‘07. Artist info, www.berniepearl.com.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
8 pm “BLUE MONDAYS” brings NEW ORLEANS WEST and featured blues performers to Club Fais Do Do, 5257 W Adams Bl, L.A. 90016; www.faisdodo.com; 323-215-5212; (Adams & Cloverdale; exit La Brea S from 10 Fwy). Free red beans & rice with BBQ chicken.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
8 pm “ACOUSTIC MONDAYS” in-the-round showcase, guided by singer-songwriter JAY NASH, with different guest artists each week, at Room 5, 143 N LaBrea Av (2nd floor, above Amalfi Ristorante), L.A. 90036; 323-938-2504. Upscale, cozy atmosphere with affordable food. Full bar and menu.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
8 pm OPEN MIC at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood; 818-766-9913; www.kulakswoodshed.com. Signups at 7:30 pm. Hosted by LISA TURNER. Kulak’s provides all necessary connections for acoustic stage, plus a baby grand piano. Sign-ups 7-7:15 pm, show at 7:30 pm. One (max length 3-4 minute) song per performer. Info, www.kulakswoodshed.com/openmic.shtml. No cover, artists are unpaid, and a $10 donation to the venue is expected from participants and audience members.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
8 pm “KILLING CASSANOVA'S SALOON MONDAYS” series with AMILA K SPICER, TIM OGARA, RIVER ROUGE, ALLEGRA SHOCK, and performing hosts KILLING CASSANOVA, at The Bordello, 901 E First St, L.A 90012; www.bordellobar.com; 213-687-3766. Event info, scheduled performers, www.myspace.com/saloonmonday. Always a lineup of alt-country and roots bands, often with names you recognize and already know you want to go see. The Bordello is the oldest bar and brothel in downtown Los Angeles, reflecting its legendary status as the theater of the unusual and provocative, and it is now the venue for “Killing Cassanova’s Saloon Monday.” $3 cover.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
8:30 pm “TALENT NIGHT” hosted by CHAD WATSON BAND at the Cowboy Palace Saloon (Devonshire & Owensmouth), Chatsworth 91311; www.cowboypalace.com; 818-341-0166. Cash prizes, and some winners have gone on to perform on the Grand Ole Opry. Free dance lessons 7-8:30 pm, "Two-Step with Ed." No cover.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
8:30 pm OPEN MIC at the Rainbow Bar and Grill, 9015 W Sunset Bl, West Hollywood; 310-278-4232. Sign-ups at 8, show at 8:30 pm.

Mon, Jul 7; every week:
9-11:30 pm "IRISH MUSIC SESSION" weekly at Celtic Arts Center’s new shared location, Theatre Unlimited, 10943 Camarillo St, North Hollywood 91602; 818-760-8322; www.celticartscenter.com. Schedule every week is Irish language workshop at 7 pm, followed by the Irish céilí dance workshop at 8 pm, then comes Southern California's longest running traditional Celtic music seisiún, from 9-11:30 pm. Free.
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Mon, Jul 7; every week:
10:30 pm MISS MICKEY CHAMPION at the Social, 6525 Sunset Bl, Hollywood. L.A.’s legendary blueswoman plays an every-Monday residency. Artist info: www.mickeychampion.net. No cover.
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View more July events at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com, as chronological date listings, and longer “looks ahead,” as separate posts. NEWS FEATURES are also there, AND at www.myspace.com/laacoustic. News Features, radio playlists, and other things, are archived on myspace; use the “view all” button, scroll down, and if you don’t find what you want, then use the “older” button and scroll-down, as many times as necessary, all the way back to when acoustic music was made by indigenous natives pounding with rocks on hollow logs.
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copyright (c) © 2008, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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Questions? Comments? Contact us at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com
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